Make your own organic skin care using 100% pure, effective ingredients. If your skin is normal, anti-aging, or sensitive, this is the right place for you.
In this post, I’ll take you step by step through how many and which products you really need for a complete skin care routine (it's less than 5!), and which ingredients can help you customize a routine for your specific skin type.
If you have acne-prone skin, combination skin, or oily skin, hop over to Part 1 of this skin care guide to find recommendations for your skin type. Part 1 also goes into more detail about making your own organic facial cleanser, skin toner, and natural moisturizer.
Here’s a quick summary of this article:
Your skin may be your largest organ, but that doesn’t mean caring for it has to be complicated.
Skin basically wants to be kept clean, toned and moisturized.
That means your organic skin care routine can consist of:
Before we get into which ingredients to use to make these products, let’s touch on something very important!
Essential oils can do so much to help protect, soothe, and even restore the skin… if you know how to use them safely.
Essential oils are highly concentrated. Safety is important if we’re going to experience therapeutic benefits without causing negative reactions (such as sensitization, phototoxic effects, or irritation).
Please don’t apply undiluted essential oils to your face (or anywhere on your skin).
I usually recommend using 3–6 drops of essential oil for every 1 oz (30 ml) of carrier. That’s a 0.5–1% dilution.
It may not seem like a lot of essential oil, but remember these are highly concentrated plant substances.
When you think about it from that perspective, it makes sense to use a low dilution. A single drop of essential oil can create powerful effects!
Even at this low dilution, remember to keep essential oils (and organic skin care containing them) away from your eyes and mucous membranes.
And one more safety note before we move on to specific ingredients for your skin…
If your skin says, “I don’t like this!” in response to a certain ingredient or product, please pay attention. There are plenty of nourishing, organic options to choose from, so do yourself the kindness of finding one you resonate with.
Now let’s go over some specific ingredients that will nourish your skin type!
You can click on each ingredient mentioned below to learn more about it.
Trust these five essential oils to keep your skin protected, and help it repair itself quickly when damage does occur. (It happens! Things like the sun, harsh weather, and environmental toxins can take a toll—even on healthy skin.)
Consider them your shields against issues like irritation, redness, fine lines, and wrinkles.
Dilute these essential oils at 0.5–1% or less (3–6 drops per 1 oz of product) in facial cleansers, skin toners, and natural moisturizers.
Aloe vera gel and hydrosols are water-based ingredients. If you’re making a water-based product with no carrier oil in it, add Solubol dispersant to keep the essential oils dispersed through the product and protect the skin.
If your skin is “normal,” that means it’s well-balanced.
You need organic skin care that helps maintain that balance—keeping it moisturized, conditioned, and healthy.
These carrier oils do just that! They offer luxurious moisture that absorbs quickly.
Skin recognizes these carrier oils as “food.” They offer skin the building blocks it needs to keep itself healthy, strong, and resilient… so your skin stays balanced.
Use these carrier oils in a facial cleanser with aloe vera gel, castile soap, or hydrosols.
You can also use them alone, or blend them together to make natural moisturizer.
These hydrosols strike the right balance of hydration and oil control.
They’re cooling and calming (for things like heat and redness), while also supporting the skin’s natural repair process. The result is a hydrated, toned, and glowing complexion—even on very hot or stressful days.
Use these hydrosols in a facial cleanser with aloe vera gel, castile soap, or a carrier oil.
You can also use them alone, or blend them together, to make organic skin toner.
These essential oils for aging skin can help restore a fresh, supple, energized appearance.
On a deeper level, these oils work “behind the scenes” to encourage skin to repair itself, layer by layer.
They help you create organic skin care that targets issues like fine lines, wrinkles, a tired and lusterless complexion, redness, discoloration, and more.
Dilute these essential oils at 0.5–1% or less (3–6 drops per 1 oz of product) in facial cleansers, skin toners, and natural moisturizers.
Aloe vera gel and hydrosols are water-based ingredients. If you’re making a water-based product with no carrier oil in it, add Solubol dispersant to keep the essential oils dispersed through the product and protect skin.
Skin needs essential fatty acids to rejuvenate itself, but the body can’t produce them on its own.
Carrier oils offer those nutrients—as well as vitamins and luxurious moisture—to help replenish a depleted complexion, restoring a firm, supple texture.
I often include these carrier oils in organic skin care blends for targeting fine lines and wrinkles, helping skin repair itself, and infusing very dry, chapped skin with moisture.
They’re even great for discolored areas and scar care.
Use these carrier oils in a facial cleanser with aloe vera gel, castile soap, or hydrosols.
You can also use them alone, or blend them together to make natural moisturizer.
When the skin’s resources are depleted, it asks for support throughout the day—a regular flow of hydration and repair.
The hydrosols in this list give anti-aging skin a “drink.” They’re rich with soothing properties that help it stay energized, dewy, soft, and healthy. Germs aren’t attracted to these hydrosols, either… a big plus in organic skin care.
I love using these as cooling spritzes on hot summer days!
Use these hydrosols in a facial cleanser with aloe vera gel, castile soap, or a carrier oil.
You can also use them alone, or blend them together, to make organic skin toner.
Sometimes it seems like sensitive skin can react to just about anything.
And essential oils are highly concentrated. Using the wrong ones for your skin could cause irritation.
I’ve selected extra-gentle essential oils for this list! These five oils have a special affinity for the skin, and aren’t known to cause reactions. (I often include them in blends for children.)
Dilute these essential oils at 0.5–1% or less (3–6 drops per 1 oz of product) in facial cleansers, skin toners, and natural moisturizers.
Aloe vera gel and hydrosols are water-based ingredients. If you’re making a water-based product with no carrier oil in it, add Solubol dispersant to keep the essential oils dispersed through the product and protect the skin.
Sensitive skin asks for a tender touch.
Carrier oils for sensitive skin should be light and silky, and rich with essential fatty acids, vitamins, and nutrients that give your skin the resources to protect itself from irritants and restore itself quickly after any light damage.
Here are three deeply moisturizing carrier oils that sensitive skin can recognize as friendly and replenishing.
Use these carrier oils in a facial cleanser with aloe vera gel, castile soap, or hydrosols.
You can also use them alone, or blend them together to make natural moisturizer.
As you go about your day, your skin encounters all kinds of potential irritants… like the sun, wind, cold weather, pollution in the air, dehydration, and more.
Sensitive skin might even turn a bit red and uncomfortable if you eat something it doesn’t like!
Calm your skin with these hydrosols that soothe and gently moisturize.
Use these hydrosols in a facial cleanser with aloe vera gel, castile soap, or a carrier oil.
You can also use them alone, or blend them together, to make organic skin toner.
I’d love to know how your organic skin care blends work for you!
If you make any of your own organic skin care using these ingredients, will you leave a comment and share your experience with me?
I’d love to know what’s working for you! Your comment could also help others who are making their own organic skin care and looking for insights.
Thank you!
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